Secondary aerosol formation promotes water uptake by organic-rich wildfire haze particles in Equatorial Asia
2018
Abstract. The diameter growth factor (GF) of 100 nm haze particles at 85 % relative
humidity (RH) and their chemical characteristics were simultaneously monitored at
Singapore in October 2015 during a pervasive wildfire haze episode that was
caused by peatland burning in Indonesia. Non-refractory submicron
particles (NR-PM 1 ) were dominated by organics (OA; approximating 77.1 % in
total mass), whereas sulfate was the most abundant inorganic constituent
(11.7 % on average). A statistical analysis of the organic mass spectra
showed that most organics (36.0 % of NR-PM 1 mass) were highly
oxygenated. Diurnal variations of GF, number fractions of more hygroscopic
mode particles, mass fractions of sulfate, and mass fractions of oxygenated
organics (OOA) synchronized well, peaking during the day. The mean
hygroscopicity parameter ( κ ) of the haze particles was
0.189 ± 0.087, and the mean κ values of organics were
0.157 ± 0.108 ( κorg , bulk organics) and
0.266 ± 0.184 ( κOOA , OOA), demonstrating the important
roles of both sulfate and highly oxygenated organics in the hygroscopic
growth of organics-dominated wildfire haze particles.
κorg correlated with the water-soluble organic fraction
insignificantly, but it positively correlated with f44 (fraction of the
ion fragment at m∕z 44 in total organics) ( R = 0.70), implying the
oxygenation degree of organics could be more critical for the water uptake of
organic compounds. These results further suggest the importance of sulfate
and secondary organic aerosol formation in promoting the hygroscopic growth
of wildfire haze particles. Further detailed size-resolved as well as
molecular-level chemical information about organics is necessary for the
profound exploration of water uptake by wildfire haze particles in equatorial Asia.
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